As criticism of her presence has escalated, Ms. Grey has issued a statement:

I am proud to have participated in the “Read Across America” program at Emerson Elementary School in Compton, CA. I read “Dog Breath” by Dav Pilkey to the sweetest 1st and 3rd grade children.

“Read Across America” is a program that was designed to promote literacy and instill a lifelong love of reading in elementary school students. Promoting education is an effort that is close to my heart. Illiteracy contributes to poverty; encouraging children to pick up a book is fundamental.

I believe education is a universal right. I committed to this program with the understanding that people would have their own opinions about what I have done, who I am and what I represent.

I am an actor. I am an artist. I am a daughter. I am a sister. I am a partner. I have a past that some people may not agree with, but it does not define who I am.

I will not live in fear of it. To challenge non-profit education programs is an exercise in futility, counter-productive and anti-educational.

I cannot thank my fans and ‘Read Across America’ enough for supporting my decision. Your support and kind words continue to inspire me. I believe in the future of our children, and I will remain an active supporter and participant in education-focused initiatives.

As anyone who knows me, or reads this blog for more than a day or two can tell you, I have zero tolerance for child molestation, teacher-student sex scandals or anyone that preys on children in any way. Ms. Grey does not fall into any of these categories. She has not been involved in the porn industry for two years now and has moved into mainstream acting amongst other projects.

Essentially I can’t see the issue here. She volunteered her time to read to children who are far too young to have any clue who she is. She did not come dressed in any provocative manner – judging by the photos that surfaced of her in the classroom – , she did not speak of her past according to reports and she certainly did not advocate it as a career path.

Don’t get me wrong, I actually do understand the parental concern here, and the school certainly messed up denying she was there when there was evidence to the contrary, but I have never understood condemning people who have engaged in legal activities and then aren’t even involved in those activities any more, never being able to move on from that. I’ve seen similar stories over the years where it is discovered a teacher used to be a stripper years before and they are asked to leave their job or just flat out get fired. If they are doing their job, and are not in any way involved in that activity at the present time, what the heck does that matter? This is far more about the hang-ups of parants than the possible harm to the children.

As someone who has talked time and time again about protecting children, I just don’t see the issue here. Our schools need more volunteers, and if you start cutting off folks from doing that due to their pasts, you’re going to find some very empty schools.

The amount of people in this world who don’t get comedy is beginning to frighten me.

James Gunn, a writer/director/actor, has started a web series entitled PG Porn with his brothers, Sean and Brian, which is all about copying the porn movies of the 1980’s, but without the sex. Yes, you read that correctly, there is no sex in the series. It stars real life porn actresses Aria Giovanni, Belladonna and Sasha Grey with mainstream actors Nathan Fillion and Michael Rosenbaum. Each short film is constructed to be like a 1980’s porn film, just minus the sex so you can concentrate on the riveting stories. If the first episode is anything to go by, they will end badly… just see for your self. (Please note there is NO nudity or sex in this clip, but it does feature some rocking porn-style music… if the embed is not working, go here, it keeps going down for some reason.)

While I personally found this highly amusing, it seems that Theresa Darklady Reed of the Huffington Post didn’t. Ms. Reed calls it “…another example of violent misogyny self-righteously disguised as humor” and “The Gunn brothers apparently consider violence against women to be not just acceptable but sexy…”. While Ms. Reed claims to “get” the joke, it is fairly obvious she doesn’t. James Gunn has defended his series against this argument and informed readers of his MySpace blog that in future episodes there are more deaths, but they aren’t always the women.

Did he shoot her in the head with the nail gun out of anger? No. Did he show remorse afterwords? Yes. Would a cop arrest him for manslaughter as opposed to murder? Yes. Was it an accident? Yes.

Why is everyone taking comedy so seriously all of a sudden?It is meant in humor, it is obviously humor, sure it may not be for you, but does that mean you have to try to make it into something it isn’t? If this was a case of “misogyny”, does this mean women are completely off to being made fun of now? Does every female character in every story now have to live no matter what? Apparently so since women dying, even by accident, is now considered an endoresement of violence against women.